Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV:BGM) announced that it is now delivering ore from its Bonanza Ledge mine to its QR mill facility. The former is located near the town of Wells, British Columbia, while the latter is located near Quesnel, also in BC.

As quoted in the press release:

The Company’s trucking contractor will operate up to 15 trucks with each making an anticipated 5 trips per day, delivering ore to the QR mill. Each leg of the round trip is approximately 110km. Barkerville CEO Frank Callaghan stated ‘It is a proud moment for Barkerville Gold as the Company gets set to pour the first gold bar from its Bonanza Ledge Mine, which was first discovered in 2000.’

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Comstock Mining (NYSEMKT:LODE) holds a massive 8,300 acre, contiguous land position in the epithermal, bonanza-grade mining district of Comstock. Its first two resource areas, Lucerne and Dayton, hold approximately 3.25 million gold equivalent ounces in all categories, measured, indicated and inferred.

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